Bottle-stopper



UNITED *STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

I EDMUND A. PARKER, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

BOTTLE-STO PPE R.

SPECIFICATION forming lpart of Letters Patent No. 231,678, dated August 31, 1880.

Application filed May 6, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: Y

Be it known that I, EDMUND A. PARKER, of West Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut,have invented a new Improvement in Bottle-Stoppers and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and eXact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure l, a side view of the stopperl as applied tothe bottle; Fig. 2, a vertical central section of the stopper detached 3 Fig. 3, a perspective view of the two parts of the cork of which the stopper is formed.

This invention relates to an improvement in cork Stoppers for bottles.

In the usual construction the use of corks necessitates acorkscrew to remove them from thebottle. This generallydestroysthestopper, so that it is unlit for use. Eitherit will break the cork or pierce it, so that it is no longer a complete stopperfor the bottle. Again, largersized stoppcrs require correspondingly large cork from which to produce them, and very much waste in the manufacture of such eorks i is unavoidable.

The objectof this invention is to use smaller pieces from which to make corks, as well as to provide the cork with means for withdrawing it from the bottle; and it consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim.

The cork is made from A B, which together form the required size and shape, the division being longitudinally through the center. C is a disk, of metal or other suitable material, of smallerdiameter than the two parts combined. To this is attached a wire, D, cord, or similar material, preferably doubled, and arranged longitudinally between the two parts in a central line, and so as to bring the disk C close up against the two parts, as seen in Fig. 2. Cn the top of the cork is a disk, E, through which the cord or wire passes, pressed upon the upper end of the cork with suiicient force toV hold the two parts A and B between the two disks E C. (See Fig. 2.) This completes the article.

two half-cylinders,

The wire or cord D should be of sufficient length so as to be taken in the hand to withdraw the cork, or so that it may be engaged with something else to serve as a handle for drawing the cork, and thereby avoid the necessity of a corkscrew. This Wire or cord may be used as a means for securing the cork in the bottle, as seen in Fig. I, or Where the bottle contains gases tending to force out the cork. This construction allows the stopper to be made in several pieces, thus utilizing the smaller or thinner pieces of cork for making corks ot' larger size.

The wire loop may be applied to a stopper in one piece of common cork and have the advantage ot' securing the cork to the bottle as well as the means for withdrawing.

I do not broadly claim a bottle-stopper' having a disk upon its lower end, in connection with the disk upon its upper end or with connect-ionsfor applying or removing the stopper, as such, I am aware, is not new. Neither do I broadly claim a bottle stopper with a wire insertedlongitudinally through it, secured at the lowcr end and formed into a loop at the top, as a means for withdrawing the cork, as I am aware such device is not new.

l. A bottle-stopper provided with aloop of wire passing up through it and extending from the upper end down on each side the bottle-neck, and with means for fastening the wire to the bottle, substantially as described.

2. A bottle-stopper composed of several longitudinal divisions of cork, combined with a disk at each end and a connection longitudinally through the stopper, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A bottle-stopper composed of several longitudinal divisions of cork, combined with a disk at each end and a connection longitudinally through the stopper, the said connection extended to serve as the means both for securing the stopper to the bottle and removing it therefrom, substantially as described.

EDMUND A. PARKER.

Witnesses GEORGE A. FAY, FRANK S. FAY. 

